SUTPHIN, William Halstead, a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Browntown, Middlesex County, N.J., August 30, 1887;
attended the public schools of Matawan, N.J., and the Woods Business College, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
attended the officers training camp at Plattsburg, N.Y., in 1915;
mayor of Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J., 1915-1916 and 1921-1926;
served on the Mexican border in 1916 with B Troop, First Squadron, New Jersey Cavalry;
during the First World War served in France from December 1917 to May 1919;
discharged as captain in the Air Service;
factory representative for asphalt roofing 1920-1931;
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress;
vice president of the M.J. Merkin Paint Co., in New York City;
retired in 1951 and resided in Berlin, Md.;
died in Salisbury, Md., October 14, 1972;
interment in Arlington National Cemetery.